Fabric-roll protector.



No. 825,239. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

M. G. OHNEMUS. FABRIC ROLL PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1905.

Attorneys UNITED STATES MATTHEW C. OHNEM US,

OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

FABRIC-ROLL PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed July 3, lees. sra No. 268,168.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATTHEW C. a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Fabric-Roll following is a specification.

My invention relates to protectors for the ends of rolls of fabric and like material, and is especially adaptable for use upon and to protect rolls of paper during transportation and storage.

It is well known that in shipping and storing rolls of paper the rolls, because of pres sure, become flattened, thus folding and creasing the paper and detracting from its value.

The object of my invention is to provide means to prevent the flattening of fabric rolls on account of pressure.

It is further well known that in handling rolled fabric, such as paper, the sides of the fabric sheets orming the ends of the roll often become jammed and broken.

It is an object of my invention to provide a rigid plate to cover the ends of the fabric contained in the roll.

It is further well known that in shipping certain fabricsas, for instance, roofing papers and felts-nails and fasteners of various designs are furnished for use with the fabric. It is desirable to ship with each roll sufficient of the fasteners for use with the material contained in the roll.

It is an object of my invention to provide a closure to closethe ends of the central opening of the roll and to secure such closures reliably within the opening to prevent the loss of fasteners or other articles contained within the opening.

OIINEMUS,

With these and other objects in View thepresent invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out 1n the appended claims, it eing understood that changes in form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionaI view of my improved fabric-roll protector mounted upon a roll of fabric and in operative position. Fl 2 is a view in end elevation of my improvedfabricroll protector. Fig. 3 is a view in side eleva- Protcctor, of which the' tion of a modified form of end-plate-securing Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

In its preferred embodiment my improved fabric-roll protector comprises an annular disk or head-plate 1, having secured to and concentric with its central opening a tapered tubular member 2. The tubular member 2 is provided with a cap 3, having one or more openings 4 therethrough, and for strength a second cap member 5 with openings 6, registering with the opening 4, may be supplied. In the drawings the cap 5 is shown as formed integral and stamped from the same sheet of metal as the flange 1 and tube 2. It is ob vious, however, that the cap 5 may be formed separate from the tube and soldered therein or may be formed with a tapered flange, similar to cap 3, and held thereinby frictional contact. It is also obvious that the cap 3 may be soldered into the tube and may comprise simply a plane disk or plate attached at its circumferential edge to the tube 2, as a difference in the manner of securing the said cap will make no'diiference in the scope of this invention.

To secure the protecting-plate upon a roll of fabric, as 7, a rod 8 may be employed, passing through any of the openings 4 and 6, but preferably near the periphery of plates 3 and 5, and provided at one end with a hooked portion 9, proportioned to engage within another opening 4 of the plate 3, and having at its end opposite the hook 9 a winged nut 10, engaging the screw-threaded portion 11 of the rod. Instead of the rod 8 I may use a rod 12, folded upon itself, as at 13, and supplied at its adjacent ends with winged nuts 14, engaging the screw-threaded portions 15. the disk 1 and the ends of the fabric contained in the roll may be interposed a fabric Washer 16.

In use two of the disks or head-plates 1 and their attached tubes 2 and covers 3 are emplo ed," one upon each end of the fabric roll. and with the tubes 2 inserted within the usual central opening of the roll and with the fabric washer 16 interposed between the disk 1 and the roll when desired. After the fastenings or other desired articles are placed within the central opening and the opening closed by the covers, as mentioned, the rod 8 or 12 is inserted through the openings 4 and 6 adj acent' one peripheral side of the caps in a position not to interfere with the contents Between,

and extended through the central opening of the roll and outwardly through registering openin s 6 and 4 of the opposite cover member. fitter the connecting-rod is properly placed the winged nuts 10 or 14'are placed upon the ends of the rods, and by means of the screw-threads 11 and 15 the disks or headplates are drawn tightly against the opposite ends of the rolls. By having one end of connecting-rod 8 mounted eccentrically in the adjacent caps with its terminal hook engaging the central opening in one of said caps a greater bearing-surface is obtained for engagement with the latter and the rod will not interfere with the. storage of fastening devices or other articles placed within the roll for transportation or shipment.

While I have shown and described screwthreaded winged nuts for securing the connecting-rods in position, it is obvious that nuts without wings may be substituted therefor, and I do not confine myself to the use of such nuts.

While I have shown in Fig. 1 the disks 1 as diametrically larger than the roll upon which they are placed, it is obvious that the diameter of either the disk or the roll may be varied at pleasure and that the diameter and length of the tubes 2 will be proportioned to correspond with the central openings of the roll in connection with which they are to be used and to insure the desired strength.

It will be noted that the cover member 3 is countersunk within the tube 2, formin a cuplike depression in the end of the roll a ter being supplied with the disk, and thereby protecting the rod-fastening means and the hook or bend of the rod.

The cap 5 herein shown and described is supplied for the purpose of strengthening the device, and the caps maybe multiplied to any I desired number at will.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is-- 1. A fabric roll protector comprising a pair of head-plates adapted to engage the opposite ends of the roll and each provided with a tapering tubular member having its reduced end closed and adapted to be inserted within the adjacent end of said roll, caps carried by the tubular members and spaced from the head-plates, and a fastenin engaging the caps and the closed en s of the tubular members for clamping the latter in engagement with the roll.

2. A fabric-roll protector comprising a pair of head-plates adapted to cover the opposite ends of the roll and each provided with a laterally-extending tubular member having its inner end closed and adapted to be inserted within the adjacent end of said roll, a cover- 1ng for the roll, a packing-strip interposed between the head-plates and the adjacent end of the roll and covering, caps carried b the tubular members and spaced from the p ates,

device and a fastenin de'vi'ce engaging the caps and the closed en s of the tubular members for clamping the latter in engagement with the roll.

3. A fabric roll protector comprising a pair of head-plates adapted to engage theopposite ends of the roll and each provided with a laterally-disposed tapering tubular member having its reduced end closed and adapted to be inserted in the adjacent end of said roll, caps carried by the tubular members and spaced from the head-plates, there being alined openin s formed in the caps and the closed ends 0 connecting-rod passing through the openings in the caps and closed ends of said members for clamping the latter in engagement with the roll.

4. A fabric-roll protector comprising a pair of head-plates adapted to engage the opposite ends of the roll and each provided with a laterally-disposed tubularmember having its inner end closed and adapted to be inserted within the adjacent end of the roll, caps carried by the tubular members and spaced from the headlates, there being alined openin s formed in the caps and the closed ends 0 the tubular members, and a connect ing-rod passing through the openings in the caps and closed ends of said members and having one end thereof supported eccentrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the roll.

the tubular members, and a 5. A fabric-roll protector comprising a pair of head-plates adapted to engage the opposite ends of the roll and each provided with a laterally-disposed tubular member having one end thereof closed and adapted to be inserted within the adjacent end of the roll, caps carried by the tubular members and spaced inwardly from the head-plates, there being a plurality of alined o enings formed in the caps and the closed en s of the tubular members, and a rod connecting said tubular members and having one end thereof passin through one of the openin s in the closed en of one member and the a jacent cap and its terminal portion bent to form a hook adapted to en age an adjacent opening in said cap. 6. A abric-roll protector comprising similar annular disks having tubular members registering with and secured at the central openings of the disks and proportioned to be inserte within and with the disks covering the ends of a fabric roll, caps engaged within the tubular members and provided with eccentric openings and a rod extending through an eccentric opening of one capand to enthe ends of a fabric roll, closures for the inner ends of the tubular members provided positioned to engage within another opening with eccentric openings, caps engaged within and tightening means carried by the rod at the tubular members and spaced from the the end opposite the arm. end closures and provided with eccentric In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 olpenings registering with the openings of the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in I 5 c osure, a rod inserted through the registerthe presence of two Witnesses.

ing eccentric openings of one associated clo- MATTHEW C. OHNEMUS. sure and cap and through registering open- Witnesses: ings in the other cap and closure, a radial WILLIAM N. THOMAS,

:0 arm carried by the rod and having a bent end LULU WAHLEN. 

